Kinship, Gender and Marriage

• • • Diversity in understandings of what constitutes family.
  • • Love, gender and power.
  • • Ethnicity & intermarriage.
  • • Alternative forms of kinship.
  • • Reproductive technologies.

Others

Prerequisites: Students are required to have passed 2 subjects totalling 30 credit points at second year level Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed ANT2KAM (Kinship, Gender and Marriage) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Anthropologists have long been fascinated by kinship and marriage, which are central to human social organisation and to relationships of gender and power. In this subject we look at how anthropological approaches to these forms of relationships have changed over time and critically assess recent work in this field. We examine the role and significance of kinship and marriage in many different societies, looking at the diverse ways humans create families, and topics such as the concept of love and the darker side of kinship - family violence. The future of kinship and marriage will also be considered in the light of continuing social change and the development of new reproductive technologies.

• One genealogical exercise (750 words equivalent) Genealogical exercise to be submitted online. (20%)
• 2 Online quizzes (1250 words equivalent) Quiz questions based on online recorded lectures, readings and online activities. (30%)
• One 2000-word essay Essay to be submitted via Turnitin. (50%)

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